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प्रश्न
Sugar is the main source of energy as it produces energy on metabolic decomposition. But these days low calorie drinks are more popular, why?
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उत्तर
In low calorie drinks, some artificial sweetening agents (like aspartame, alitame, sucralose, saccharin etc). are present which are often many hundred times sweeter than sugar but do not metabolise and hence, do not produce any energy.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Write ‘four’ physical methods of preserving food materials
Mr. Roy, the principal of one reputed school organized a seminar in which he invited parents and principals to discuss the serious issue of diabetes and depression in students. They all resolved this issue by strictly banning the junk food in schools and to introduce healthy snacks and drinks like soup, lassi, milk etc. in school canteens. They also decided to make compulsory half an hour physical activities for the students in the morning assembly daily. After six months, Mr. Roy conducted the health survey in most of the schools and discovered a tremendous improvement in the health of students.
After reading the above passage, answer the following :
(i) What are the values (at least two) displayed by Mr. Roy ?
(ii) As a student, how can you spread awareness about this issue ?
(iii) What are tranquillizers ? Give an example.
(iv) Why is use of aspartame limited to cold foods and drinks ?
On the occasion of World Health Day, Dr. Satpal organized a ‘health camp’ for the poor farmers living in a nearby village. After check-up, he was shocked to see that most of the farmers suffered from cancer due to regular exposure to pesticides and many were diabetic. They distributed free medicines to them. Dr. Satpal immediately reported the matter to the
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). On the suggestions of NHRC, the government decided to provide medical care, financial assistance, setting up of super-speciality hospitals for treatment and prevention of the deadly disease in the affected villages all over India.
(i) Write the values shown by
(a) Dr. Satpal
(b) NHRC
(ii) What type of analgesics are chiefly used for the relief of pains of terminal cancer ?
(iii) Give an example of artificial sweetener that could have been recommended to diabetic patients
What are food preservatives?
Why is use of aspartame limited to cold foods and drinks?
Name a sweetening agent used in the preparation of sweets for a diabetic patient.
What problem arises in using alitame as artificial sweetener?
Explain any two chemical methods of food preservation.
Among the following, which one acts as a food preservative?
Aspartame, Aspirin, Sodium Benzoate, Paracetamol
Which of the following will not enhance nutritional value of food?
What is the difference between saccharin and saccharic acid?
Name an artificial sweetener which is derivative of sucrose.
Aspartame is unstable at cooking temperature, where would you suggest aspartame to be used for sweetening?
Assertion: All chemicals added to food items are called food preservatives.
Reason: All these chemicals increase the nutritive value of the food.
Which synthetic sweetener is 100 times sweeter than cane sugar?
The artificial sweetener that has the highest sweetness value in comparison to cane sugar is ______.
